Robert Meckin

Presidential Fellow at the University of Manchester

Researching social, political and technological change that may significantly impact research method development and training
Supporting NCRM’s training capacity building

Social dimensions of scientific and technological innovation, especially in the biosciences
Methods and infrastructures in research
Interdisciplinarity
Futures

Meckin, R. (2019) Changing infrastructural practices: Routine and reproducibility in automated interdisciplinary bioscience. Science, Technology, & Human Values (9th December 2019) Online first: https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243919893757. Open access
Meckin, R. and Soubes, S. (2019) Experimenting with interdisciplinarity: Researcher development and the production of impact potentials. In: Fenby-Hulse, K., Heywood, E. Walker, K. (eds.) Research Impact and the Early Career Researcher: Lived experiences, New Perspectives. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. 81-100. (Joint author)
Meckin, R. and Balmer, A. (2018) Situating anticipation in everyday life: Using sensory methods to explore public expectations of synthetic biology. Public Understanding of Science 28(3) 290–304 . Open Access
Meckin, R. and Balmer, A. (2018) Everyday uncertainty work: Making sense of biosynthetic menthol. Engaging Science, Technology, and Society 4(2018): 458-484 Open Access.
Meckin, R. and Balmer, A. (2017) Engaging the senses, understanding publics: Research methods, science engagement, and synthetic biology. Trends in Biotechnology. 35 (11): 1015-1017.